The East Carolina Musical Arts Education Foundation

Our Mission and Responsibility

The East Carolina Musical Arts Education Foundation, or “ECMAEF”, was formed in 1998 to encourage and support collaborative ventures between St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, the East Carolina University School of Music, and the City of Greenville North Carolina. It focused on the C. B. Fisk pipe organ opus 126 and concert space at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. ECMAEF was created as a non-profit corporation to develop musical projects, including concerts and educational workshops, to enrich the cultural offerings in Eastern North Carolina available to a broad diversity of audiences, and to encourage continued interest in and performance of organ and choral music. The board of directors of ECMAEF is composed of representatives from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, East Carolina University, the City of Greenville, and members of the arts community beyond Greenville who strongly believe in and support this effort. The continuation of the work of ECMAEF is dependent upon contributions from individuals who attend our concerts and who support our mission. All contributions are tax-deductible under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The Artistic Director

ANDREW SCANLON is a member of the keyboard faculty at East Carolina University where he oversees the undergraduate and graduate programs in organ and sacred music. He is also the Organist-Choirmaster at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Greenville, where he maintains a full schedule of choral services and, in addition, he serves as Artistic Director of the East Carolina Musical Arts Education Foundation.

Andrew Scanlon is a native of Methuen, Massachusetts; prior to coming to Greenville, he taught organ at Duquesne University, and formerly held positions at St. Paul’s Cathedral, Buffalo, NY, Marquand Chapel at Yale Divinity School, and Christ & St. Stephen’s Church in New York City. A frequent performer at the organ, Andrew Scanlon has performed at national conventions of the American Guild of Organists, the Organ Historical Society (four times), as well as throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. Scanlon has performed in some of the world’s most significant religious venues including St. Patrick’s Cathedral, St. Thomas Church, and the Church of St. Mary the Virgin (New York), National City Christian Church (Washington) The Cathedral of St. Philip (Atlanta), Fourth Presbyterian Church (Chicago), St. Paul’s Cathedral (Boston), St. James’ Cathedral (Toronto), Saint Paul’s Within the Walls (Rome), Notre-Dame Cathedral, The American Cathedral and La Trinité (Paris) and other venues in England, Italy, Germany, Canada and Croatia. Actively involved in the American Guild of Organists, Andrew Scanlon holds the Fellowship diploma (FAGO), has been a faculty member for three Pipe Organ Encounters, is a member of the National Board of Examiners, and was recently appointed to the National Committee on Professional Certification. A graduate of Duquesne and Yale Universities, Scanlon’s principal teachers have been John Skelton, Ann Labounsky, David Craighead, John Walker, and Thomas Murray.

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